Rise in Canadian Citizenship for Indians

According
to recently issued IRCC(Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) estimate,
1.53 lakh people would have obtained Canadian citizenship by October 2018 –
being a year from the date the new relaxed norms for citizenship came into
effect.

As
per IRCC, there is a rise of 50% in Canadian citizenship for Indians by October
2018.

Immigration,
Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is the federal department which
facilitates arrival of immigrants to Canada.

As
country of birth, India figured in the second highest number of applications from
those claiming Canadian citizenship.

Philippines
topped this list by a slender lead: 15,600 – odd Filipinos became citizens of
Canada during this ten-month period, but this was a marginal increase of 11%
compared to the traffic form Philippines for the entire 12 months of 2017.

During
the 10-month period ending October 2018 nearly 15,000-odd Indians obtained
citizenship. If compared with 2017, it is a steep rise of 50%.